Schoolcraft, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Schoolcraft Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49087. The Survey maps it on the Schoolcraft quadrangle. 1,466 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
On record in Schoolcraft
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Dr. Nathan M. Thomas Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresSchoolcraft fell from 1,525 to 1,466 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,525 | |
| 2020 | 1,466 | -59 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1922 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Schoolcraft between 2018 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TEXAS CHARTER TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 420 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000355 - 2018 |
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000286 - 2019 |
| 26 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000348 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000334 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TEXAS CHARTER TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000305 - 2019 |
| 20 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORTAGE FD 0001669 - 2018 |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000303 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schoolcraft in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Hail | Schoolcraft | $125,000,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds in excess of 80 mph and hail up to golf ball size impacted far southwestern and south central Kalamazoo county as a bow echo moved into Schoolcraft east to Vicksburg. ||The most significant damage occurred across west southwest portions of the town of Schoolcraft, where the siding of the western sides of many homes was shredded by the wind driven large hail. About a dozen irrigation pivots were destroyed and several trees were blown down. ||A local RV dealership had several of it's vehicles rolled over and damaged. Power lines were blown down and a semi truck was tipped over 1 mile south of downtown Schoolcraft. A wind gust to 79 mph was measured one mile northeast of Vicksburg by a co-op observer with a home weather station a minute before midnight. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $1,000,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down mainly across southern Kalamazoo county from around Schoolcraft east to Vicksburg. Winds of up to 70 to 75 mph were estimated. Some trees fell on area homes and cars. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $150,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced very high wind gusts of up to 75 to 85 m.p.h. and also several reports of large hail across southern Kalamazoo county. ||The worst of the damage occurred around 5:52 p.m. in the area south of Portage and north of Vicksburg. A path of damage one mile wide and one and a half miles long started near the Portage Road and U Avenue intersection. The damage continued northeast to just south of the 24th street and S Avenue intersection. ||Highest wind speeds of 75 to 85 m.p.h. were determined by NOAA's National Weather Service Grand Rapids storm survey team. Within this|area a roof on a pole barn was partially blown off. A garage|door was blown in and some roofing and siding material was stripped off of several homes. Many large healthy trees were uprooted or snapped off. Some trees were lying on houses and all damage was lying to the northeast indicating straight line winds. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $100,000 | Wind damage began 4.5 miles southwest of Vicksburg and continued 8.5 miles to the northeast. The greatest width of the damage was approximately 2.5 miles and was widest towards the end of the damage swath. Primary damage was to trees with scattered large limbs and isolated trees uprooted. The greatest concentration of damage, rated EF-0, occurred just southwest of downtown Vicksburg. In this area an irrigation pivot was blown over and several 25 pound 1 foot by 3 foot plastic packing trays were lofted over a one to two story industrial building and blown up to 200 yards downwind. Several large trees were also uprooted in downtown Vicksburg near the intersection of S. Kalamazoo and Prairie Streets. The trees knocked down several wires on residential streets. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Schoolcraft | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $50,000 | Several trees and large branches were blown down across the county. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $50,000 | A trained weather spotter reported approximately 20 trees snapped off, 12 trees uprooted, power lines downed, and minor structural damage in an area approximately 1.5 miles south of the village of Schoolcraft. Structural damage included: windows blown out of 2 homes and 1 home with siding torn off, one barn with large doors blown off and roof damage and another barn with a roof blown off at 5348 XY Avenue; 1 home with a garage door buckled out and siding damage caused by a fallen tree at 15835 Prairie Rhonde St.; a child's outdoor play set destroyed at 5802 Woodbrook Ln.; and minor structural damage done to Carter Lumber Company (which included a large overhanging storage area blown up and off, 3 large doors blown out, many stacks of lumber toppled, and several fences destroyed). Damage was estimated at $50,000. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $25,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down from Schoolcraft to Vicksburg by a series of small downbursts. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down near Schoolcraft. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down in Schoolcraft. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $10,000 | A trained spotter four miles west of Schoolcraft estimated a wind gust to 60 m.p.h. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Schoolcraft. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Schoolcraft | $10,000 | Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Schoolcraft. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Schoolcraft | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $2,500 | Kalamazoo County Central Dispatch reported trees downed in Schoolcraft. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | $1,000 | Large tree downed in the village of Schoolcraft. |
| August 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Schoolcraft | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud near Schoolcraft but no tornadoes occurred. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Schoolcraft | - | A trained spotter in Schoolcraft reported one inch diameter hail and wind gusts to 60 mph in downtown Schoolcraft. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Schoolcraft | - | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported in Schoolcraft. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Schoolcraft | - | A very brief touchdown of a F0 tornado occurred two miles south southwest of Schoolcraft in an open field. This was a landspout type of weak tornado which resulted in no injuries and no significant damage. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoolcraft | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Texas Corners | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Portage | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ramona Park | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lemon Park | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Adams Park | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Oakwood | 9.9 miles | 20 | |
| Pomeroy | 9.9 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Schoolcraft | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2432061 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637419. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






